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The Middle Ages in Modern Games
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Annual Asynchronous Conference, other events and publications. Sponsored by CMRR Winchester, Intellect Books, and Slitherine Games. middleagesinmoderngames.net
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Temos o prazer de anunciar nossa sessão temática no I Congresso Brasileiro de Arqueologia Digital, organizado pelo @archarise.bsky.social

Se você trabalha com jogos medievalistas ou #archaoegaming sob qualquer ótima, esperamos sua inscrição!
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O Middle Ages in Modern Games, a Universidade Federal do Rio Grande (FURG) e o Laboratório de Pesquisa Arqueologia Interativa e Simulações Eletrônicas (ARISE) tem o prazer de convidar a todos para uma sessão temática no I Congresso Brasileiro de Arqueologia Digital. O archaeogaming e o estudo de jogos medievais se beneficiaram de um crescimento expressivo na última década. De um lado, praticantes de arqueologia e história medieval têm incorporado metodologias para integrar jogos como formas de análise e divulgação de suas pesquisas. Por outro, especialistas em game studies têm reconhecido a importância da arqueologia para o estudo da dimensão material dos jogos e da vivência de pessoas em espaços virtuais. Convidamos estudantes, pesquisadores e profissionais da Arqueologia medieval e afins a integrarem uma sessão temática direcionada às novas fronteiras de pesquisa nesta área. O evento ocorrerá nos dias 8 a 12 de dezembro de 2025, em formato online via YouTube, no período norturno (18h às 21h, horário de Brasília) Tópicos incluem (mas não estão restritos a): Archaeogaming e Idade Média Representações de arqueólogos em jogos medievalistas Arqueologia de espaços virtuais Modelagem 3D e criação de assets para jogos Cultura material da Idade Média em jogos digitais A Idade Média em jogos analógicos Medievalismo e roleplay Uso de jogos para o ensino de história ou educação patrimonial Simulações analíticas Realidade virtual/aumentada e o passado medieval Materialidade de jogos medievalistas Usos políticos e ideológicos da cultura material em jogos medievalistas Olhares decoloniais/anti-eurocêntrico sobre a arqueologia digital e jogos medievais Para mais informações ou eventuais dúvidas, favor escrever ao Dr. Vinicius Marino Carvalho no email midagesmodgames@gmail.com Favor enviar título e resumo da apresentação por meio do link: https://sinsc.furg.br/fichainscricao/7823 Esperamos ansiosamente sua participação!
October 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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We're pleased to announce we're putting together a thematic strand at the 1st Brazilian Conference on Digital Archaeology, organized by @archarise.bsky.social.

If you work with medievalist #historygames and/or #archaeogaming in any capacity, we'd love to hear from you!
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The Middle Ages in Modern Games conference, the Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), and the research society ARISE (Interactive Archaeology and Electronic Simulations) are pleased to announce a thematic strand at the I Brazilian Conference on Digital Archaeology. Archaeogaming and medievalist game studies have enjoyed noteworthy popularity since the past decade. On the one hand, practitioners of medieval history and archaeology have started to devise methodologies to integrate games as research outputs and vehicles for outreach. On the other hand, game studies experts have acknowledged the importance of archaeology to deal with the material dimension of games and the human experiences within virtual spaces. We invite students, researchers and professionals working with medieval archaeology and related fields to submit proposals for oral communications exploring these themes. The event will be held online and broadcasted via YouTube between 8-12 December, from 6 to 9pm (UTC -3). Topics include (but are not restricted to) Archaeogaming and the Middle Ages Depictions of archaeologists in medievalist games The archaeology of virtual environments 3D modeling and asset creation for games. Medieval material culture in modern games The Middle Ages in analog games Medievalism and roleplay Games as tools for history teaching and heritage education Virtual/augmented reality and the medieval past The materiality of medievalist games Political and ideological uses of material culture in medievalist games Decolonial/Anti-eurocentric approaches to digital archaeology and medievalist games For more information or questions, please contact Dr. Vinicius Marino Carvalho at midagesmodgames@gmail.com Submissions are open until the 5th of November via the following link: https://sinsc.furg.br/fichainscricao/7823 We hope to see you there!
October 7, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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The Call for Papers for our strand on the Middle Ages in Modern Games for next year's @imc-leeds.bsky.social is now open with the conference theme of 'Temporalities'. Please circulate to any interested parties. Deadline 17 September. Text here: middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...
August 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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We’re delighted to be returning to the International Medieval Congress at the University of Leeds next week. We’ve got 20 papers in person and online spread over two days of the event, alongside a roundtable on medievalist games outside the Anglophone world.
July 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Final paper for this #MAMG25 session on Globalism and Religion is ‘The Eternal Presence of Holy War: The Procedural Rhetoric of Jihad and Crusade in Total War: Medieval 2’, by Juan Manuel Rubio Arévalo. Come read and ask your questions in the comments: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=881
June 6, 2025 at 11:41 AM
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Next up is Ron Heckler’s ‘„Denn häufig haben sich auf seinem Wink und Befehl viele von ihnen von einer hohen Mauer hinunter gestürzt [...]“: Die Tradierung des mittelalterlichen Mythos der Nizari Ismailis in Narration und Gameplay in Assassin’s Creed’: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=981
June 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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The Globalism and Religion panel is starting now with a paper on ‘Religious Tensions: The Itatehyōzu Shrine in Assassin's Creed Shadows’ by @tsujihirohito.bsky.social, check it out on the website here: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=877 #MAMG25
June 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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Third and final paper to close our Witcher panel is ‘Dungeons & Distortions: The Pseudo-Norse berserkir in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’ by Roderick Dale and @markusmindrebo.bsky.social, check it out and ask your questions in the comments: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=866/
Landscape image from the Witcher 3, with a man (Geralt) on a horse in the foreground looking out over the ocean from a coastline, with Norse style long ships on the water and dark clouds above.
June 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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The second paper of our Witcher panel is now live, ‘The Witcher 3: un viaggio nel tempo e nello spazio dell’Europa medievale’, by Simone Fleres, and is in Italian (with an English translation): middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=861
Game screenshot of The Witcher 3, in the foreground a man Geralt, with white hair, leather armour, and two swords sheathed on his back, is facing away from us, riding a white horse towards a stone bridge into a medieval townscape in the background.
June 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Starting today’s first #MAMG25 panel is the paper ‘Female Voices in a Medieval-Inspired Universe: a Brief Comparative Study of the Representation of Women in The Witcher Books and Video Games’ by Jéssica Iolanda Costa Bispo. It’s live on the site: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=815
Close up image of Ciri, a white female character with grey hair and yellow 'Witcher' eyes. A 'The Witcher IV' Logo is in the bottom right corner.
June 6, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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The third and final day of #MAMG25 is about to begin! Head over to our website to check out the programme, and read two days of great papers, and our first panel for today, Fantasy Medievalism in The Witcher, will start in just 10 minutes at 10am (UTC+1)! middleagesinmoderngames.net/announcement...
June 6, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Final paper for this #MAMG25 panel is live: ‘How Civilization V Brings Historical Nations to the Global Stage: Analysis of the Game’s Majapahit-Era Indonesia’, by @pratamaatmaja.bsky.social, Andreas Nugroho Sihananto, & Gredy Christian Hendrawan Putra middleagesinmoderngames.net/mamg25/how-c...
June 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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It's the first full day of the Middle Ages in Modern Games conference! We're back in a bit less than an hour with our session on Global Perspectives. Check out yesterdays papers if you missed them and come and join us! middleagesinmoderngames.net
June 5, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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That’s it for our Game Design session and the first day of the Middle Ages in Modern Games Asynchronous Conference! Thanks very much to @booksoflaw, Baykar Demir, Jessie Contour and Kelcey Gray. Join us tomorrow from 1000 (UTC+1) for a full day of papers.
June 4, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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Our final paper on Game Design is by Jessie Contour and Kelcey Gray, who will be speaking on ‘DropCaps: A Word Game with a Medievalist Spin’: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=664
June 4, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Up next in our Game Design session we have a paper from Baykar Demir titled ‘The Visualization of Medieval Knowledge in Modern Video Games: Artistic and Architectural Approaches’. It’s live here: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=902
June 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Today’s final session is all about Game Design. We open with @booksoflaw and their paper ‘Gamifying Landuse: The Birds and the Bees in Lombard Law-Scape’: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=657
June 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Our session on Field of Glory: Kingdoms closes with ‘On Piety and Power: Faith in Field of Glory: Kingdoms’ and is delivered by @JubalBarca. It’s live: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=649
June 4, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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The second paper in the Field of Glory: Kingdoms session is from @jmrubio120 and is titled ‘Religious coexistence and Rough Tolerance in Field of Glory: Kingdoms’. Find it here: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=647
June 4, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Our Field of Glory: Kingdoms session begins with the paper ‘Authority in Field of Glory: Kingdoms. Mechanics, referents, and possible developments’ by @ArturoIannace. It’s live now: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=643
June 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Our next session is sponsored by @SlitherineGames and addresses their historical Grand Strategy Game Field of Glory: Kingdoms and the new Rajas and Tribes DLC. We’ll be getting started with papers from @ArturoIannace, @jmrubio120 and @JubalBarca in 10 minutes.
June 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Following on from our interview with the Field of Glory devs, our next session – sponsored by @SlitherineGames - is all about the Rajas and Tribes DLC. Join us at 1600 (UTC+1) for papers from @ArturoIannace, @jmrubio120 and @jubalbarca.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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Our interview with AGEOD on the Rajas and Tribes DLC for Field of Glory Kingdoms is now live! Take a look on our website: middleagesinmoderngames.net?p=903
June 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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We’re back in 10 minutes with @robehoughton’s interview with AGEOD and Slitherine, the developers of Field of Glory: Kingdoms. We’ll be talking about the new Rajas and Tribes DLC and the inspirations for exploring the wider medieval world.
June 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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Thanks to @RobEHoughton for a great start to another promising MAMG. Stick around everyone as we have an exciting schedule of papers today, starting with the first Keynote presentation at 12:00pm (UTC+1) by Stevan Anastasoff, titled ‘Playing with the Past: Cultural Integrity in Narrative Gaming’!
June 4, 2025 at 9:38 AM